I really enjoy this site. Been looking around and came across this, http://www.topix.com/forum/com/mnc/THSJBBIFOMV9UB54M It seems someone is not to happy with their Monaco. I have questions, just one for now, is the wood cabinets WOOD? or covered with something. billy ps, I know all people are not going to be happy!

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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

All my doors are solid cherry. The faces and sides of all my cabinets are solid wood. I don't see any press board or partical board used anywhere. I should mention, the sides of cabinets are plywood with a cherry finish. The faces & plywood sides of my cabinets have some sort of "decal" material that looks like finished cherry wood, but is not. My table and flip-up counter top are solid wood, no decal material.

Phoenix USA changes things between model years. Mine is a 2007. Maybe they switched to real cherry for the cabinet facing since 2007. That would be a question to ask the factory.

My 2010 model with Cherry cabinets is the same as described by Ron. Someone with the Maple finish once told me that the Maple didn't have the decal vinyl material on the cabinet face frames, not sure about that but worth asking Kermit.Bob

I have to admit, when I realized my cherry cabinetry had the decal thing going on, I was quite disappointed, my only real disappointment in the whole motor home. I recalled it was advertised as solid wood cherry. I figured I was getting better paying a premium for the cherry. Oh well. It's not worth making a stink over, especially since it looks so good.

There have been a couple owners upset that their decal finish was bubbling. So far so good with mine. If it holds up through the life of the motor home, I won't have anything to complain about because it really is a nice finish. Very hard to tell it's a decal, even upon close inspection. What gives it away is that the indented grain pattern is too perfectly repeated.

I actually preferred the light maple over the dark cherry, but my wife really loved the cherry, so cherry it is. Happy Wife = Happy Life.